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VW Objects to Union Vote by Small Group at Chattanooga Plant
Volkswagen AG is objecting to a bid by 165 maintenance workers at its U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee to vote on allowing the United Auto Workers union to represent them, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Volkswagen AG is objecting to a bid by 165 maintenance workers at its U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee to vote on allowing the United Auto Workers union to represent them, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The UAW describes the vote as a step toward trying again to organize the entire facility. The union narrowly lost a contentious plant-wide vote to do so early last year.
But VW tells the National Labor Relations Board a vote involving only a small group of its workers at the Chattanooga factory “is not consistent with our One Team approach.” The company suggests the UAW conduct a new vote for all hourly workers instead.
VW has signaled interest in creating a German-style works council at the plant similar to those at other facilities around the world. But the company won’t set up such a group until the plant’s workforce recognizes a union as its bargaining representative.
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